Scot McCloughan on the Redskins: ‘it’s not a bad relationship whatsoever’

The Washington Redskins former general manager, Scot McCloughan, has been silent since he was suddenly terminated from his position with the team. But he addressed it and a variety of other subjects today during a radio interview on 106.7 The Fan and during it; he even said he was rooting for the Redskins.

The way they handled McCloughan’s exit back in March left the public scratching their heads. One day he was there in the building and then he wasn’t… even though the Senior Bowl — college football’s All-Star game and one of the most important events of the year for guys like McCloughan — was upon them.

What happened between McCloughan and the Redskin is well-documented enough that it doesn’t require repeating here and now but; were one to imagine the first words out of his mouth about the Redskins, one might envision some bitter and angry words.

Not so. When he spoke about the team, McCloughan was nothing but classy.

While there was a conspicuous absence of team president Bruce Allen’s name specifically, everything the former GM said indicated that the parting was mutual and fair.

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At one point, he even admitted that he was rooting for everyone involved with the organization and its fans.

“Oh yeah,” he said when asked whether he had spoken to anyone from the team since his dismissal. “A lot of the players reached out. A lot of the coaches reached out. The front office reached out. I’m telling you… it’s not a bad relationship whatsoever. Like I said, I hate that it came to this but… Nah, I treated them fairly, they treated me fairly and that’s what it’s about and, like I said, I’m pulling for them. I’m pulling for them.”

The talent scout showed neither resentment nor animosity as he praised coach Jay Gruden and his ability to identify talent. He indicated that the Redskins would be in good hands with Gruden having a hand in picking players.

After the way things went down, that McCloughan and the team are all ‘okay’ is fairly amazing.

“The thing about it, what I want to say before we get off here is that I really respect the fans a lot,” McCloughan said towards the end of the interview. “And again, I already talked about the players, the coach and the owner. But the fans were incredible and I respect that. And I’ll never forget. This is a great, great, classic organization that has a lot of tradition in the past that will hopefully get back to what they did in the past. But, I just wanted to say to the fans, it’s awesome. It’s a great organization. “

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McCloughan discussed a lot of things and it was impossible to not get a sense of déjà vu upon hearing “He’s a football player,” as he discussed quarterback Kirk Cousins and the Redskins first-round draft pick, defensive lineman Jonathan Allen.

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